#LASTOFTHESUMMERWINE
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE 1973 Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! 😢
Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom set in Yorkshire created and written by Roy Clarke and originally broadcast by the BBC from 1973 to 2010. It premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse on 4 January 1973, and the first series of episodes followed on 12 November 1973. Alan J. W. Bell produced and directed all episodes of the show from late 1981 to 2010. The BBC confirmed on 2 June 2010 that Last of the Summer Wine would no longer be produced and the 31st series would be its last. Subsequently, the final episode was broadcast on 29 August 2010. Since its original release, all 295 episodes, comprising thirty-one series—including the pilot and all films and specials—have been released on DVD.[3] Repeats of the show are broadcast in the UK on BBC One (until 18 July 2010 when the 31st and final series started on 25 July of that year), Gold, Yesterday, and Drama. It is also seen in more than 25 countries,[4] including various PBS stations in the United States and on VisionTV in Canada. With the exception of programmes 'rebooted' after long hiatuses, Last of the Summer Wine is the longest-running TV comedy programme in Britain and the longest-running TV sitcom in the world.
_Starring:
Michael Bates
Bill Owen
Peter Sallis
Brian Wilde
Michael Aldridge
Frank Thornton
Tom Owen
Keith Clifford
Brian Murphy
Russ Abbot
Burt Kwouk
John Comer
Jane Freeman
Joe Gladwin
Kathy Staff
Thora Hird
Jean Alexander
Stephen Lewis
